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Hello Hosford Families! I am still updating teacher pages and academic information pages, but hope to have these up and running in the next week. Please be patient and stay tuned! I'll post an update when we have everything set! Happy Back To School 2017-18!

I am very
pleased to welcome Amy Slaughter as our new Assistant Principal. In
selecting the right match to support Hosford students and families, I
was excited to be able to bring on a strong instructional leader with
experience at both the middle school and high school levels. Amy has
significant experience in supporting math instruction and racial equity
work, and as the parent of two PPS students, she believes deeply in the
importance of making strong neighborhood public education accessible for
all students.

Amy started
her teaching career as a middle school science teacher in Baltimore,
Maryland. After moving to Portland in 2003, she worked for two years at
St. Andrew Nativity School in NE Portland as a teacher and a graduate
support coordinator. Amy has held multiple teaching and leadership
positions in Portland Public Schools over the past 12 years. She taught
Advanced Mathematics at Benson Polytechnic High School, and developed
the TechGeometry course, in which students contextualize geometry while
building houses for the homeless. During this time, she also worked with
PPS high school students teaching math through Portland Evening and
Summer Scholars. After nine years at Benson, Amy served as an Advanced
Math Teacher on Special Assignment while also supporting proficiency
grading and Synergy alignment at the district level. Last school year,
she served as the Instructional Specialist for Franklin High School,
and helped lead teams that supported students through credit recovery,
tiered intervention and teacher professional development.

Amy has held
a variety of teacher leader roles, and has been asked to serve on
several panels for math education at the state level. She has also held
the role of Vice Principal for the LEAP into 9th grade programs for both
Jefferson and Franklin High Schools.

Amy’s values
align closely with Hosford’s core values of Friendship, Learning, and
Commitment. She believes that it is essential to provide both high
expectations and high support for all students, and that strong
relationships are key to helping students develop into their best
selves. Throughout her career, Amy has consistently advocated for
students of color and actively worked to close the racial opportunity
gap. She is excited to meet the students, families and staff of Hosford,
and to work together to create a school community where each student
thrives.

For the last two years, we at Hosford Middle School have used the
motto "Courage-College-Community" to encapsulate what we are about. This
motto wasn't jointly created; it was a vision I set based on the
existing longer Hosford mission statement so that we could immediately
get down to the work of making Hosford a better, more welcoming place.
The plan was always to then work with the community to develop a motto
that reflected community values. While I loved the C-C-C framing, it
didn't quite resonate with all of our middle schoolers.

The PPS school board and communications department have been
working to update the district’s public records policy with an eye towards
greater transparency and compliance with several new laws that were passed by
the Oregon Legislature this year.

Oregon schools, including PPS, will focus more on the role
of Native Americans in Oregon history, thanks to a bill passed by the state Legislature.

Senate Bill 13, which focuses on providing accurate,
place-based tribal education across the state, was signed into law by Gov. Kate
Brown over the summer. It directs the state Department of Education to develop
curriculum and provide teacher training relating to Native American experience
in Oregon.

Hundreds of Portland Public Schools parents and community
members have participated in public sessions aimed at gathering comments on the
proposal to open two new middle schools at Roseway Heights and Harriet Tubman.

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